Hose-holder



(No Model.)

L. F. PEARSON.

HOSE HOLDER.

Patented Feb. 7, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEYVIS F. PEARSON, OF MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS.

HOSE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 491,443, dated February '7, 1893.

Application filed October 13, 1892. Serial No. 448,780. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS F. PEARSON, of Medicine Lodge, county of Barber, and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of myinvention is to produce a simple inexpensive device for holding and directing the nozzle of a hose; and it consists essentially of a tripod support made of two pieces of bent wire,or the like, so constructed as to afford a hose support and clamp suitable for the purpose stated.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my hose-holder, with a hose attached showing the position of the parts for holding the nozzle in an inclined position; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing the parts in the position for directing the nozzle vertically; Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the holder laid flat.

Referring to the figures on the drawings, 1 indicates the main frame of my holder, which is preferably made of strong spring metal, as for example wire, bent as indicated at 2 to form legs 3, and an intermediate projection or loop 4. Near the extremity of the loop its sides are contracted to form an eyelet 5, with in which is pivoted a third leg 6, which is preferably composed of light material, as the main frame. The joint may be made by simply bending the end of the third leg to form an eyelet. About midway the sides of the loop are somewhat expanded to form a clamp 7, which should be made of suitable size, and is adapted, by the resiliency of its sides, to clasp and support a nozzle in any desired position. The ends of the legs are preferably pointed to enable them to be readily stuck in the ground. The relative positions of the legs may be varied in many ways for adapting the holder to the purposes for which it is designed.

What I claim is:-

1. In a hose-supporter, the combination with a pair of legs and clamp, of a third leg pivoted to the first pair, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A hose-supporter composed of spring metal bent to form a pair of legs, and an intermediate eyelet and clamp, of a third leg pivoted in the eyelet, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of all which I have. hereunto subscribed my name.

LEWIS F. PEARSON. Witnesses:

' T. L. LINDLEY, D. J. ABER. 

